2021 CPBL

The 2021 CPBL season was the 32nd CPBL campaign. It marked the first expansion in many years, the league having had four teams since 2009. The Wei Chuan Dragons returned, having previously appeared from 1990-1999. The season went into December for the first time, due to a suspension of activity for a period due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Standings

1. CTBC Brothers, 35-24-1 first half; 31-25-4 second half (Manager: Wei-Chu Lin)
2. Uni-President Lions, 32-26-2 first half; 32-25-3 second half (Manager: Yueh-Ping Lin)
3. Rakuten Monkeys, 30-30 first half; 26-31-3 second half (Manager: Hao-Ju Tseng)
4. Fubon Guardians, 28-31-3 first half; 26-31-3 second half (Manager: I-Chung Hong)
5. Wei Chuan Dragons, 22-36-2 first half; 28-31-1 second half (Manager: Chun-Chang Yeh)

2021 Taiwan Series: Brothers def. Lions, 4 games to 0

Leaders

Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Chun-Hsiu Chen	Rakuten Monkeys	.352
Runs	Li Lin	Rakuten Monkeys	74
Hits	Wei-Chen Wang	CTBC Brothers	159
Doubles	Chi-Hung Hsu	CTBC Brothers	38
Triples	Chen-Wei Chen	Rakuten Monkeys	8
Home Runs	Yu-Hsien Chu	Rakuten Monkeys	22
Runs Batted In	Yu-Hsien Chu	Rakuten Monkeys	81
Stolen Bases	Li Lin	Rakuten Monkeys	27
Walks	Tzu-Hao Chen	CTBC Brothers	59

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	José De Paula	CTBC Brothers	1.77
Wins	Brock Dykxhoorn	Uni-President Lions	17
Losses	Shih-Peng Chen	Fubon Guardians	12
Holds	Chun-Wei Wu	CTBC Brothers	27
Saves	Yun-Wen Chen	Uni-President Lions	32
Innings Pitched	Brock Dykxhoorn	Uni-President Lions	181 2/3
Appearances	Hung-Cheng Lai Junichi Tazawa	Rakuten Monkeys Wei Chuan Dragons	59
Hits Allowed	Mike Loree	Fubon Guardians	154
Home Runs Allowed	Kai-Wen Cheng	CTBC Brothers	11
Strikeouts	José De Paula	CTBC Brothers	187
Base-on-Balls	Tim Melville	Uni-President Lions	47

Award Winners

Award	Player	Team	Position	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	W - L	SV	IP	HA	HRA	BB	SO	ERA
Most Valuable Player	José De Paula	CTBC Brothers	P	Did not bat									16 - 4	0	178.0	151	7	25	187	1.77
Rookie of the Year	Jyun-Yue Tseng	Fubon Guardians	P	Did not bat									4 - 0	12	55.0	36	3	16	62	1.80

Best Ten

The following players were part of the 2021 Best Ten teams.

Position	Player	Team
P	José De Paula	CTBC Brothers
C	Dai-An Lin	Uni-President Lions
1B	Chun-Hsiu Chen	Rakuten Monkeys
2B	Ching-Kai Lin	Uni-President Lions
3B	Wei-Chen Wang	CTBC Brothers
SS	Kun-Yu Chiang	CTBC Brothers
OF	Tien-Hsin Kuo	Wei Chuan Dragons
OF	Chieh-Hsien Chen	Uni-President Lions
OF	An-Ko Lin	Uni-President Lions
DH	Yi-Chuan Lin	Fubon Guardians

Gold Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Gold Glove Award in 2021.

Position	Player	Team
P	Bradin Hagens	CTBC Brothers
C	Dai-An Lin	Uni-President Lions
1B	Chi-Hung Hsu	CTBC Brothers
2B	Ching-Kai Lin	Uni-President Lions
3B	Wei-Chen Wang	CTBC Brothers
SS	Kun-Yu Chiang	CTBC Brothers
OF	Tzu-Hsien Chan	CTBC Brothers
OF	Tien-Hsin Kuo	Wei Chuan Dragons
OF	Tan Chiu	Rakuten Monkeys